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Robert Novak Journalism Fellowships

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Thank you for your interest in the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship. Applications for the 2024-25 Fellowship are closed.

The Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program supports a rising generation of serious and enterprising journalists. This prestigious, year-long program allows writers early in their careers to pursue projects they otherwise would be unable to research and report. Each Novak Fellowship provides $35,000 in grant money and expense assistance.

Newly selected Novak Fellowship recipients will be announced on Nov. 12, 2024, at the TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner. More than 200 prominent journalists and guests attend this annual event to celebrate the best in American journalism. Proceeds from the evening support the Joseph Rago Memorial Fellowship and the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship programs.

The evening also honors the 2024 Joseph Rago Fellow For Excellence in Journalism and recipients of the Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award and the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award for Outstanding Journalism.


Robert Novak’s Legacy

American journalist Robert Novak provided the inspiration for this program in 1994 as a way to nurture a new generation of responsible journalists. The program was renamed in Mr. Novak’s honor following his passing in 2009. Today, the Novak Program has awarded over 150 fellowships to promising young journalists who are climbing the ranks as groundbreaking reporters, editors, editorial page writers, columnists and authors.


As a young journalist, I was thrilled when I got a job as a researcher for a New York Times op-ed columnist. But I worried about finding the time and energy to do my own research, reporting and writing. A part-time Novak Journalism Fellowship provided the motivation – and resources – for me to keep working under my own byline while I labored behind the scenes at the Times.”
– Katherine Mangu-Ward, Novak ’05
Editor in Chief of Reason

Notable Novak Fellows include Steve Hayes ’94, Novak ’00, of NBC News and The Dispatch; Katherine Mangu-Ward, Novak ’05, of Reason; Mollie Hemingway, Novak ’04, of Fox News and The Federalist; and Tim Carney, Novak ’03, of the Washington Examiner.


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Novak Fellowship News

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31st Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner Celebrates Excellence in Journalism

Spirits were high during the 31st Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner on November 12 in New York City as guests joined The Fund for American Studies to celebrate two significant journalists and honor rising journalists shaping the future of the industry…

31st Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner to Honor James Bennet and Lance Morrow

TFAS is proud to present James Bennet of The Economist with the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award for Courageous Journalism and Lance Morrow of The Wall Street Journal with the Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award at the 31st Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner…

TFAS Announces Recipients of 2024-25 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce the 2024-25 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship recipients.

Introducing “The Soul of Civility,” New Book by Novak Fellow Alexandra Hudson

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is proud to have more than 200 alumni who dedicate their careers to courageous journalism. Alexandra Hudson, Novak '19, joins the ranks of these accomplished alumni with her latest book “The Soul of Civility: Timeless…

30th Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner to Honor Brian C. Anderson and Benjamin Hall

TFAS supporters and friends are invited to the 30th Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner on Nov. 14 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.

TFAS Announces Recipients of 2023-24 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce the 2023-24 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship recipients. The Fellows are Diana Glebova of the New York Post, Fiona Harrigan of Reason, Anthony Hennen of The Center Square, Charles Fain Lehman of…

Applications Open for 2023-24 TFAS Robert Novak Journalism Fellowships

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is now accepting applications for the 2023-24 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program. This prestigious Fellowship allows journalists to undertake enterprising and ground-breaking writing projects that are broadly supportive…

29th Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner Honors Courage and Prestige in Journalism

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) was joined by donors, sponsors, alumni and friends at the 29th Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner on Nov. 15, 2022 in New York. TFAS and guests celebrated the next generation of top-notch journalists, while honoring…

29th Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner To Honor Courageous Leaders

On Nov. 3, TFAS supporters and friends gathered in person and joined online for the 28th Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner.

TFAS Announces Recipients of 2022-23 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce the 2022-23 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship recipients: Billy Binion, Jack Butler, John Hirschauer, Madeleine Kearns, Kate Bachelder Odell, Brad Polumbo and Joseph Simonson.